"Rebel base in firing range" voice: mono version vs stereo version. Which do you prefer and why? — Page 2

Darth Id said:

I'm probably the only one on this board who will be miffed if the otherwise perfect ultra-HD, exquisitely color-timed, glorious release of the OT doesn't have a restored original mono track.

All three theatrical audio mixes from '77 is part of the original Star Wars and are all wonderful iconic audio mixes, so if it ever was excluded of a potential video rerelease I highly doubt you would be alone in your disappoinment.

Darth Id said:

Not because I prefer it in Star Wars--I've never heard it in SW! But because I seriously think stereo is still just a goofy gimmick, and that sound directionality in movies is always distracting, as opposed to immersive.

Well, at this point in time mono are more gimmick than stereo. There are fantastic audio mixes in mono just as there are fantastic audio mixes in stereo and surround. But the subject at hand was never a question about different audio formats, but what the opinion was on one of the differences in the mixes of SW.